Bhubaneswar, Jan 12: Former Sundergarh MP Maurice Kujur died on Saturday night at a hospital here, family sources said. He was 84.

Born on November 2, 1935, in Bhalumunda village under Kinjirkela police limits in the district, Kujur had represented the Sundergarh parliamentary constituency in 1984 as a Congress member.

He also was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1996 to 2002 and served as the chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes from 2008 to 2011.